Shaft4623 Posted October 10, 2016 Share Posted October 10, 2016 I can't crop an image- When I push the handles, the whole image moves around... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R C-R Posted October 10, 2016 Share Posted October 10, 2016 Which app, which tool, & which handles are you using? Quote All 3 1.10.8, & all 3 V2.4.1 Mac apps; 2020 iMac 27"; 3.8GHz i7, Radeon Pro 5700, 32GB RAM; macOS 10.15.7 Affinity Photo 1.10.8; Affinity Designer 1.108; & all 3 V2 apps for iPad; 6th Generation iPad 32 GB; Apple Pencil; iPadOS 15.7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shaft4623 Posted October 11, 2016 Author Share Posted October 11, 2016 I'm using the 'Crop' tool that is in the left vertical display. I saw a Tutorial that says that once you have that tool 'on' if you press 'c' you should get the Crop Box, a grid, that allows you to dimension and crop. But nothing like that happens in my case... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff MEB Posted October 11, 2016 Staff Share Posted October 11, 2016 Hi Shaft4623, Which app are you using Designer or Photo? If it's Affinity Photo, pressing C should change to the Crop Tool. If you aren't seeing any grid overlay go to the context toolbar Overlay dropdown and change it to Thirds Grid (or any of the other options). If you are using Affinity Designer, the Crop Tool is object based (rather than document based as in Photo). In this case you must have an object selected to display the crop handles around it's bounding box. Dragging them will crop the object non-destructively. There's no document based Crop Tool is Designer. You must change document's dimensions manually to change the document size. Shaft4623 1 Quote A Guide to Learning Affinity Software | Affinity Quick Reference Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shaft4623 Posted October 11, 2016 Author Share Posted October 11, 2016 Thanks.. I'm using Affinity Designer, sorry, the video I watched was fore Affinity photo. I have cropped objects as you instruct, and no problem. But what if I want to crop out some borders that are present ion the first image I import from my computer files? How Do I do that? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alfred Posted October 11, 2016 Share Posted October 11, 2016 You can perform a rectangular crop by selecting the image, choosing the Vector Crop Tool from the left-hand toolbar and then dragging on the handles that appear around the image. Alternatively, place a rectangle or other shape on top of the image, go to the Layers panel and drag the shape thumbnail on top of the image thumbnail. Shaft4623 1 Quote Alfred Affinity Designer/Photo/Publisher 2 for Windows • Windows 10 Home/Pro Affinity Designer/Photo/Publisher 2 for iPad • iPadOS 17.4.1 (iPad 7th gen) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shaft4623 Posted October 11, 2016 Author Share Posted October 11, 2016 Thanks! The first alternative doesn't work. I select the image, go for the crop`p tool, but when I try to crop using the surrounding handles, the whole image moves and it's not cropped.. Let me try the rectangle alternative.. Thanks again.. I'll return to you shortly.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff MEB Posted October 11, 2016 Staff Share Posted October 11, 2016 Hi Shaft4623, You have to unlock the layer in the Layers panel. Just click the padlock icon in front of the layer's name in the Layers panel to unlock it. I've logged this to be looked at. The image shouldn't move with the layer locked. Quote A Guide to Learning Affinity Software | Affinity Quick Reference Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveG703 Posted October 26, 2016 Share Posted October 26, 2016 A-HAH! THAT is the solution to the disabled crop tool! UNLOCK the image. I feel that should have been the first suggestion to try, but at least we are now enlightened. Thank you! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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